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Thomas Meekin
New York Times, Wednesday, January 23, 1957
Author:
Thomas Meekin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 33.2
Thomas Meekin has 202 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 L | 4 D | 5 U | 6 P | 7 I | 8 R | 9 O | 10 N | 11 S | ||||
12 U | R | B | A | N | E | 13 N | O | G | A | L | 14 E | 15 S |
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16 B | R | A | S | S | I | E | 17 F | A | R | M | O | U | T |
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18 A | L | T | 19 H | O | W | 20 C | O | M | E | 21 T | R | I |
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22 L | E | O | 23 N | 24 N | E | A | R | 25 S | 26 A | T | O | N |
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27 S | Y | R | I | 28 A | 29 E | M | M | 30 A | 31 D | E | P | T |
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32 A | S | S | A | I | 33 L | 34 P | E | R | 35 V | A | D | E | S |
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36 G | R | A | 37 M | 38 D | I | E | M | |||||||
39 B | 40 Y | 41 P | A | S | S | E | 42 S | 43 D | R | I | 44 F | 45 T | 46 S |
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47 A | V | A | R | 48 S | E | E | 49 P | 50 S | T | O | U | T |
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51 B | O | L | A | 52 S | 53 T | A | R | 54 O | 55 E | L | M | O |
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56 I | N | A | 57 C | 58 H | I | M | E | R | 59 A | 60 I | B | N |
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61 E | N | V | 62 I | R | O | N | 63 F | O | R | 64 S | A | L | E |
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65 S | E | E | D | I | N | G | 66 E | N | G | A | G | E | ||
67 R | O | P | E | S | 68 R | O | O | T | E | R |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,766
Across
1
Support. : HOLDUP
7
Laundry equipment. : IRONS
12
Well-mannered. : URBANE
13
Border city in Arizona. : NOGALES
16
Golf club. : BRASSIE
17
Assign to a minor league baseball club. : FARMOUT
18
High in pitch. : ALT
19
Colloquial way of asking why. : HOWCOME
21
___borough Bridge. : TRI
22
City in Mexico. : LEON
24
Akin. : NEAR
25
Suppressed. : SATON
27
Turkey's neighbor. : SYRIA
29
Mme. Bovary. : EMMA
31
Government agency: Abbr. : DEPT
32
Attack. : ASSAIL
34
Spreads through. : PERVADES
36
Unit of weight. : GRAM
38
Per ___. : DIEM
39
Detours. : BYPASSES
43
Piles of snow. : DRIFTS
47
North Caucasian language. : AVAR
48
Leak out. : SEEP
50
Well-known mystery writer. : STOUT
51
Missile weapon: Span. : BOLAS
53
Base of poi. : TARO
55
Predictor Roper. : ELMO
56
___ spot. : INA
57
Fire-breathing monster. : CHIMERA
60
Arabic prefix meaning "son." : IBN
61
Surround. : ENVIRON
63
Real estate sign. : FORSALE
65
Planting. : SEEDING
66
Promise. : ENGAGE
67
Know the ___ (be acquainted with the details). : ROPES
68
Fan. : ROOTER
Down
1
Sticks used in Irish game. : HURLEYS
2
Keynoters. : ORATORS
3
Weights: Abbr. : LBS
4
Track event. : DASH
5
Federation. : UNION
6
Well-known nickname in baseball. : PEEWEE
7
Educated. : INFORMED
8
Wander. : ROAM
9
Giants. : OGRES
10
Viet ___. : NAM
11
Vented to receive a coin. : SLOTTED
14
Chief concern of NATO. : EUROPE
15
Tasks assigned. : STINTS
16
Corkwood. : BALSA
20
Summer place. : CAMP
23
American variety of green grape. : NIAGARA
26
Human being. : ADAMITE
28
Pretensions. : AIRS
30
Uninteresting. : ARID
33
Little missy. : LASS
35
___ libre. : VERS
37
Assemblies. : MEETINGS
39
The youngest set. : BABIES
40
Actress De Carlo. : YVONNE
41
Speech. : PALAVER
42
Juncture. : SEAM
44
Verdure. : FOLIAGE
45
Acrobat. : TUMBLER
46
Component part of concrete. : STONE
49
Like better. : PREFER
52
Writing. : SCRIP
54
College setting in Maine. : ORONO
58
Sharpen. : HONE
59
Jason's ship. : ARGO
62
Two words of agreement. : IDO
64
Convened. : SAT
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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